Roarke
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RORK
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Roarke is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Ruarc”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Roarke mean?
Irish: spelling of Rourke, from Irish O Ruairc
“descendant of Ruarc”
A spelling of the Irish surname O'Rourke, borne by the medieval kings of Breifne.
Is Roarke a girl's or a boy's name?
Roarke is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roarke in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Roarke, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer boys named Roarke than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Roarke in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roarke in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Roarke
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ridge, Ronan, Brayden, Declan, Keegan, Aiden, Kayden, Finnegan, Raiden, Kian, Case
Names related to Roarke
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Roarke: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roarke, updated 20 October 2026.